An Ingenious Whittler

The first published account about John Muir

from the
Wisconsin State Journal
,
1860 September 25

An Ingenious Whittler

While at the Fair Grounds this morning we saw
some very ingenious specimens of mechanism, in the form
of clocks, made by Mr. JOHN MUIR, of Buffalo, Marquette
County. They were without cases, and were whittled out
of pine wood. The wheels moved with beautiful evenness.
One registered not only hours but minutes, seconds, and
days of the month. The other was in the shape of a scythe,
the wheels being arranged along the part representing
the blade. It was hung in a dwarf burr oak very tastefully
ornamented with moss about its roots. We will venture
to predict that few articles will attract as much
attention as these products of Mr. Muir's ingenuity.